Nineteenth-century developments in geometric probability: J. J. Sylvester, M. W. Crofton, J.-É. Barbier, and J. Bertrand

DOI10.1007/s004070100038zbMath1160.01313OpenAlexW2333289805MaRDI QIDQ5944685

François Jongmans, Karen Hunger Parshall, Eugene Seneta

Publication date: 10 October 2001

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004070100038

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of probability theory (60-03)

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